I would like to congratulate you for successfully making it to the first step of creating a blog.

Before everything else, lets take a look at the biggest misconceptions about internet domain registration :

• It’s expensive - FALSE
• All the good domain names are already taken - PARTLY TRUE BUT STILL FALSE
• I need to be a geek to understand what I’m doing - FALSEI
• t’s a waste of money - REALLY FALSE
• It would be cheaper if I just call - FALSE

There are two basic steps to getting your site or blog online and registering a domain name is the first. A domain name makes up the address of your site and can end in .com, .net, .org, .info, .us, .biz, .tv, .com.au and more.

Once you have registered your name, you will select a web host (second step). The web host is the brawns of any blog as it is where you create and publish your pages.

Some more tips on choosing the best domain name:

1. Don’t register domain names that are too long and have too many syllables if you can help it.
2. You want your name to be easy to remember. This might be a little difficult to do since a lot of names are taken these days.
3. Use hyphens if your name is more than 3 words long.
4. Protect your name by registering multiple extensions (.net, .org, etc.) This prevent people from copying your name. For example, if you own incomeforeveryone.info you can also register incomeforeveryone.com and any other extension that’s available.

One inexpensive registrar you should check out is PaylessDomains.com.au. It is the leading domain registrar in Australia.

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